Judiciary vs Executive: Kenya’s Democracy Is Being Tested

Ms Atsango Chesoni, constitutional lawyer, former member of the constitution of Kenya Committee of Experts (COE) and a former Executive Director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission reflects on the current contest between the Executive and the Judiciary most recently manifested by the BBI judgement and the Executive’s reaction to it. She argues that it is Kenya’s very democracy that’s facing a great test and that despotism continually tries to assert itself.